Adaptation of conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis to an ALFexpress(TM) DNA sequencer to screen BRCA1 mutations

BioTechniques

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1019-1025

  Blesa, José Rafael ^a   Hernández Yago, José ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE;

EID: 0342699488     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/00285rr08     Document Type: Article

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